Well, I am a couple pounds closer to wearing a bikini in Hawaii on May 20th.  It was a pretty good food week.  I worked out 5 days this week and overall, did well with food.  My big victory–if one could call it that–was my meal at The Cheesecake Factory on Tuesday.  I ate good all day and made sure that I had a good amount of calories left for dinner.  I use the Lose It app for iPhone to track my calories and exercise.  I ordered the Vegetable Salad.  Who knew they even had such a thing–it weighs in at just under 300 calories w/out the cheese and w/ the dressing on the side.  That saved me lots of calories for wine and a few bites of cheesecake.

Not only can I share my victories, but I need to share my shame as well.  Yesterday, I managed to eat 5–yes you read that right–5 skinny cow ice cream bars.  I just couldn’t stop once I got started.  I am starting to get stressed out about the upcoming semester and how little I have done to prepare.  I have a huge research project I am starting and I am beginning to feel overwhelmed.  This is why I ate and couldn’t stop myself.  When I feel out of control, I have noticed that I lost control over the smallest aspects of my life–this means what I eat.  On that note–the truffle bars by Skinny Cow are really really good.